Gallican

[ gal-i-kuhn ]

adjective

1. Gallic; French.
2. Ecclesiastical.
   1. of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church in France.
   2. of or relating to a school or party of French Roman Catholics, before 1870, advocating the restriction of papal authority in favor of the authority of general councils, the bishops, and temporal rulers.

Gallican

/ ˈɡælɪkən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Gallicanism

noun

1. an upholder of Gallicanism

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gallican¹

1590–1600; < Latin Gallicānus belonging to Gallia, Gallican, equivalent to Gallic- Gallic + -ānus -an

Example Sentences

Gallican Mugabonake of Handicap International, an aid organisation, says that improvements in Rwanda’s education system have helped it field 14 athletes.

From Economist

The position of Charles VII. towards Rome was consistently insubordinate, and the Pragmatic Sanction which he published in 1438 secured the independence of the Gallican Church, and strengthened the jurisdiction of the Parlement.

From Project Gutenberg

Exposition of the doctrine of the Gallican church, pa.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet my Whole to French parentage makes no pretence; It is plain Anglo-Saxon, in sound as in sense; Nor more widely asunder does pole lie from pole, Than my Gallican parts and my Anglican whole.

From Project Gutenberg

M. Gayraud.—The doctrine of the Syllabus is the doctrine of the Catholic Church, as well of the Gallican as of the Roman Church.

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